Marci Chamberlain
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Born and raised in a very small, rural town in Central Pennsylvania,
Marci displayed unique artistic talent and ambitions at a very early
age through painting, drawing, singing, and playing the piano. In
second grade, she joined Odyssey of the Mind, a creative
problem-solving competition, where she was first introduced to the
stage and creating original work. Marci continued OM throughout
elementary school, eagerly looking forward to high school where she
could participate in the plays. Because of the confidence of an English
teacher/play director, Marci was cast as the lead in "Alice in
Wonderland" her first year of high school. Her other high school roles
include Jo March in "Little Women", Captain Hook in "Peter Pan", and
Aunt Martha in "Arsenic and Old Lace". Marci also attended the
competitive and prestigious Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts
where she studied Performance Theatre. After graduating high school,
Marci attended Juniata College, a small, private, liberal arts school,
to study Theatre. She trained with artists from The Gravity Project in
Fitzmaurice Voicework, Open Source Forms, Lecoq, Commedia dell'arte,
Corporeal Mime, Chicago Style Improv, and Aerial Dance. Her favorite
roles from college include Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz in "Angels in
America", Bella in "Big Love", and The Power Animal in the world
premiere of "The Corduroy Prayer". While in college, Marci created two
original works: a solo movement piece entitled "Reach" based on her
grandfather's questioning of his life, and a one-act play entitled "A
Culmination of Many Things" which was an absurdist reflection on her
college career and struggle towards a new beginning. Most rewarding
though was her re-imaging of Samuel Beckett's "Rockaby". Inspired by
her grandmother's struggle with ALS, Marci played the character "V"
live and recorded what remained of her grandmother's voice for the
character "W". The play was set in a bathtub full of water as a young
"V" spoke to her older self, "W", to accept and welcome death. Also
during college, Marci traveled to Paris and London to study theatre as
well as toured Trinidad with the college concert choir and was the
Company Manager of The Gravity Project during her senior year. Since
graduating, Marci has played the role of Jenny Clancy in the web-series
"Office Hours", which is completely conceived and created by alums,
faculty, staff, and students of Juniata College, and was Emma Watson's
stand-in for "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Marci hopes to obtain
her MFA in Theatre to pursue a career advocating and promoting the
importance of arts education while continuing to create and present
original work.